[MNG-7752] can't download transitive dependencies if there is an expression in the pom

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-5

Environment

Apache Maven 4.0.0-alpha-5 (26d10a4bf9a2df75feef60da01d8706f2bf77a47)
Maven home: /mnt/c/users/sellersj/Downloads/apache-maven-4.0.0-alpha-5
Java version: 17.0.6, vendor: Private Build, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
Default locale: en, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-wsl2", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jim Sellers
• Created: 29/Mar/23 19:10
• Updated: 01/Jun/23 18:41
• Resolved: 01/Jun/23 18:41

Description

The released pom has pom.version it in. Works in 3.9.1 and everything 3.x as far as I can tell.

command to run

mvn -V org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:3.5.0:get -Dartifact=org.apache.tiles:tiles-jsp:2.2.2

log

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] -------------------------------------------< org.apache.maven:standalone-pom >--------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
[INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------[ pom ]----------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- dependency:3.5.0:get (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
[INFO] Resolving org.apache.tiles:tiles-jsp:jar:2.2.2 with transitive dependencies
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.tiles:tiles-servlet:jar:${pom.version} is missing, no dependency information available
[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.tiles:tiles-template:jar:${pom.version} is missing, no dependency information available
[INFO] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  10.993 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2023-03-29T15:07:34-04:00
[INFO] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:3.5.0:get (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: Couldn't download artifact: org.eclipse.aether.resolution.DependencyResolutionException: The following artifacts could not be resolved: org.apache.tiles:tiles-servlet:jar:${pom.version} (absent), org.apache.tiles:tiles-template:jar:${pom.version} (absent): org.apache.tiles:tiles-servlet:jar:${pom.version} was not found in https://example.com/maven-proxy/content/groups/all-released during a previous attempt. This failure was cached in the local repository and resolution is not reattempted until the update interval of asb-repository has elapsed or updates are forced -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the '-e' switch
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the '-X' switch to enable verbose output
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException

Issue Links

• duplicates: MNG-7604 Removal of pom.* interpolation makes some older plugins defunct
• is caused by: MNG-7244 Remove deprecated WARNING for usage of pom.X placeholders
• is related to: MNG-7595 [REGRESSION] $pom.-expressions in remote pom cause warnings